The Big Picture

Some Say the World Will End in Fire

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some say the world will end in fire. Maybe they are right. Whether you cling to Biblical prophesy or believe the science of global warming and climate change, much of the world does seem to be on fire these days, and it seems to…

Hey Google, Amazon, Facebook: Is There a God?

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“I do not feel obligated to believe that the same god who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.” – Galileo Galilei Sunday Reader –  By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In April of 1966, Time magazine set off a firestorm of public debate and made a…

Epiphany: Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Fall

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes epiphanies come in dreams. I had another one of those this morning as my brain was trying to coax my body into waking up. Not that I haven’t realized this before, and defied the knowledge. The scene was set in New Orleans, and…

Vive la Liberté: Has American Patriotism Suffered a Fatal Blow?

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As people in the United States get ready to find some way to celebrate the Fourth of July again after a reopening of sorts from last year’s shut down in the hellscape year of 2020, I can’t help but find myself wondering: Has American…

Camping and Hiking in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia

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Secret Vistas – By Glynn Wilson – SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Va. — When Americans and people from all over the world think of visiting a national park, or camping in the great outdoors in the United States, they often think of the big, famous parks out West like Yosemite in California, the Grand Canyon in…

Nomadland Steals the Show at Socially Distanced Academy Awards

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson – It would be hard to imagine making it through the hellscape year of 2020 and the COVID winter and spring of 2021 without the internet — or the art of movies. As frustrating as new computer technology can be sometimes, how could we have possibly made it…